Estates Gazette Property Podcasts

EG's Rising Stars 2018: Cal Lee

The world of serviced offices is a fragmented one, ranging from global players to small firms offering one or two sites to niche industries. If you're looking for workspace, how do you navigate that?

That's where Cal Lee, global head of WorkThere, comes in. While working at Savills, Lee pitched an idea to start a business that helps companies find flexible workspace. The idea was a hit and now, two years later, Lee talks about his thoughts on his career, the serviced office market - and Steven Gerrard.

EG's Rising Stars 2018: Beth Hampson

It took a chance encounter at a netball match to kickstart Beth Hampson's property career. Fast-forward a few years and she is now commercial director at London Executive Offices.

Covering everything from sports to the one key lesson she has learnt in her time at LEO, Hampson reflects back on the first five years of her property career and where she's heading next.

EG's Rising Stars 2018: James Morris-Manuel

Nearly a decade ago, James Morris-Manuel co-founded a virtual tour company. In 2016, US tech company Matterport bought the company, taking Morris-Manuel on as managing director and vice president of EMEA.

He shares his thoughts on getting into property the conventional way and realising there are opportunities to take things in a different direction. He reflects on what it's like selling your own idea to a large company and becoming an employee again after years of being self-employed.

EG's Rising Stars 2018: Robert Godwin

After years of sailing for GB, Robert Godwin decided it was time to change course and get stuck into the family business at Lamington Group. Now a managing director, he heads up 'hometel' brand room2.

Godwin speaks to Karl Tomusk about choosing between the Olympics and property, what it's like working for your family and his wine and spirits qualification.

Dublin Question Time: 'We need to grab whatever positives we can get out of Brexit'

Will the Dublin real estate market benefit from Brexit or does it represent a threat? In this podcast EG speaks with Eoin Condren, join ventures director at U+I and Sean O’Malley, senior economist at Savills Ireland about how the city is preparing for March 2019 and what it is doing about its current housing crisis. 

EG's Rising Stars 2018: Kimberly Hepburn

Kimberly Hepburn's 'Plan A' for her life was a standard one - go to university and study mathematics. But soon, 'Plan A' stopped making sense and she became an apprentice quantity surveyor at TfL instead.

Hepburn looks back on why she decided to become an apprentice and why, four years later, she is still an advocate for apprenticeships as a route into property. 

EG's Rising Stars 2018: Priya Shah

When a colleague told Priya Shah that she should get involved in a property networking group, she had a better idea: start one herself.

Shah founded BAME in Property to support those in the industry who are black, Asian and minority ethnic. She speaks to Karl Tomusk about tackling issues that property as a whole might not recognise as problems - and how ambitious she is about the future.

EG's Rising Stars 2018: Tom Morris

After plans to become a royal marine took a turn, Tom Morris, now managing director South West at CBRE, fell into property.

Years later, as head of CBRE's Bristol office, Morris looks ahead to what the future of the industry will look like and why he keeps his work and life separate.

EG's Rising Stars 2018: Jack Sallabank

As the founder of the Future Places Studio, Jack Sallabank sees himself as an outsider in property. Future Places is a collection of researchers and creatives who work with companies - largely in property - to think about the future of whatever sectors those companies work in.

That gives Sallabank a position to ask questions others might not ask. Listen to find out what a property outsider thinks about the industry and where its future lies.

EG's Rising Stars 2018: Laura Acklandiene

Laura Acklandiene is the head of business development, global expansion, at Equiem. She is responsible for the Australian firm's growth in North America and Europe.

Having come from a background that has included everything from non-profits to luxury cars, Acklandiene talks about making the transition into property and the importance of knowing the industry inside out when you make the leap.